Well guys I was so excited for the start of the season.I spent every day watching and studyingshows and videos about hunting. I read tons ofbooks and magazines. I bought all my equipment, did some scouting, hung my stand and then nothing. I went the first8 trips out and did not see a thing. I saw one doe last night.I am starting to get so frustrated.I wake up at 4 a.m. every morning and I rush all day to finish my work to get out for the evening hunt. I am comoed up and scent free. I am quite getting to my stand and leaving. I am being so diligent and i just can't seem to see any deer. I saw tons of deer in this spot last year and a lot of good deer when scouting just before the season opened. Then season opens and nothing at all. It is like the dead woods out there. Even if I could see a few deer or a small buck to keep me motivated. Just frustrated and wanted to see what you guys do to get through these slumps.

To top it off I am leaving from my morning hunt when i see a dead doe on the road and then about 100 yards away i see two big legs sticking out of the brush on the side of the road so I pull over. The deer is on its back so i can see it was a buck and his body was huge. Well there he lies headless. He had an arrow hole in him so somebody just shot him and cut the head ofthen left him on the side of the road for all the antihunters and moms with childrento see. Idiot!!!!

People like that are killing big deer and then theres me hunting hard, doing the right things and nothing. I have never killed a buck and i am starting to think I may never. Thanks for letting me vent and whine a little. [&o]

So again I ask how do you guys pump yourselves up at times like this?